Blender Training and Courses

If you are interested in teaching 3D modeling and animation using Blender , this section is for you. The lessons and resources in this section have been used in college and high school classes.

Teaching Blender

Introducing students to the world of 3D modeling and animation is a highly rewarding experience. Blender's open-source nature makes it an ideal tool to teach. Learning institutions and students may feel free to use the software in the classroom and at home without the costs and restrictions associated with commercial software. Furthermore, students will be able to migrate from an education environment to a commercial environment with ease.

Course Goal: It is the goal of this section to provide materials which will enable educators with a basic understanding of Blender and 3D modeling and animation to effectively teach basic 3D principles, techniques and skills to their students using Blender.

Prerequisites: This curriculum presumes basic computer skills:how to use a mouse and keyboard, saving and opening files and applictions, etc.

Platform/Operating System: The lessons are intended to be OS independent and should work on all platforms supported by Blender.

Text: The readings in this curriculum refer to the Blender 2.3 Guide.

The 2.3 Guide is available in the Blender E-shop

Syllybus:

This lesson structure is design to introduce 3D concepts and skills in a manner which builds on each preceeding lesson. For example, in lesson 3, the student models and architectural structure sucha s a castle. I lesson 4 the student will apply materials and textures to thier structure. The course is designed to create a small portfolio of the students 3D modeling and animation work.

Basic Course Outline:

Introduction and Quickstart, Your first Animation

Learning the Blender Interface

Modeling – Basics, Polygons - Manipulating and Editing

Materials and Textures

Modeling – Special Modeling Techniques

Animation- Keyframe Animation

Animation - Path Animation

Modeling – Bezier Curves,Text,

Light, Cameras, World Settings

Animation – Bones and Skeletons, Rigging Basics and Animation

Animation – Lattice and Vertex Animation